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^ IN' ADVANcfc IN THfi COUNTY 3 CAROLINA. THUMTUV ii?n ? '' 1 ????in ?
ArWL 89, 1987 ? $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE TH1 IWJJT1
L. McKce - Nai To
laid Commission i y Hoey
I , UcK?i ?*? W*"?*
VjZ Highway Common
i district, to oucoeod
Kt 5BI?. ?f
^ r Hoev, lite Saturday,
ft, last (M"?1 A^mbly.
k u BunUp, "to PW??" "?
'w*. ?? ?"> budget- WM
. .tairuuui o? the commu
^ecetd CapM Wljnick,
?Aw**- 0()?r ....mbors of,
?? I). Colliu Bcrnco,
V. Webb, Loo*;
r 'vaJy Johnson, l'muler; T. j
'Ld, WiUoui Samuel W.
&uBMrt'rr'.w
til..? B-woltc' btrly.',J'
J?' Uackett, WiUa*; and T. Ma*
L*JB ' I
TV,. Rut her tonl- _ . .
r ' llt;ri. commission is new,
tern*?.
;*il! r?)T?^"t a highway
, uiil.T tl?* fleW 1UW* ^ "
2h?J tl? the district com
L in mil "? """P1*"1"
rU?aat.o.? of tbc peoplo
L ,,?ta '#> tbctr dlstnot?:
Uk iiiootb. ?' stoU,d
fai'heawwaiy of delegation*
[Vtiie trip ?'l the way to Hal- .
7w be licarxi by the entire eon
[JV'Kef. v^lio h"* been ldoufci
;:Ior my )vcU', with the iudua.
i jad i-olitieal lite of Western
?i Carolina, hu.s interested bim
y the highway situation of tho
t|W,*cially that of the Western
:w'auJ io l'aiuiiiar with the
as it affects each eounty iu
? Istnet.
[li positi* u is no* one that ha?i
muf, rewards. In fact, a com*
;*r jtauJs to lose much aore
jtjiirt at time taken tr<TO bis
r.'oinejs, tluui he can possibly
ik'J jur diem of $10.00 a day,
i^lliia under the law, for at
upon the meetings of the
pi)
kevir, Mr. McKee expressed
t*a ?s anxious to givo bis beat
.?fvvf r<> thv Sute and the Dis
vliif'i he will represent on the |
LiiMiui II* *avj he has had no
inu.nty to confer with Chairman '
. rV.i:. it the J
?ia?ion, ir.'l that, hence^io gen -;
!>iii<y has \bjeen worked out.1
't'.rr, hi- (ij^vsted hi|n*lf as
i anxious to see that the high
i vi the mountain counties bo
J,4 the consideration to which
? w entitled. He stated that tlie
"I of interest in the tourist bus
??incident to the establishment
l( Great Smolny Mountains Na*
^ Park, has made it imperative
'k State pive consideration to
'?irfw?y$ in the mountains, as rap
f 'J money U available for their
^wtion and improvement. This
is in line with the policy
Administration, which aeeka
velopment of the State as a
*ith especial emphasis upon
wwitaia region.
,/ ^ received many let
w telopranis of congratulation
? prominent people throughout
ltf, felicitating tho district
ulfK arf its commissioner
?> Governor upon having seleot
^ the important position.
\[y
^ P? Potts
Today
J'JT'. W y,lar old citizen oi
ii^L t^'s afternoon at J
( loUowing a Jong
?l y<*v* I)aat F*
r, i,, !h> proprietor of the
' us' n"' a justice of the
wV?"1 ^ X 1,rttiv',
Ck!,^ -' f?r- lVtts hns Uvod in
^'bittier, and
^<slcm ^Torth Cato
^*#"1 n i? ',l tho morenn
bnsiness, before
'T-lillV ??/
>rMr- Potta had been
^i?C7l:(^vu'mn?hurch
i? ''^^rWrtTi n'V n?dow, Mrs
?S' X p p^?8' Uu> following
i ' Aril,,? p ot Andersom
i ^ ^n.lrijwl m '^lftnta, Richard
V Tfnn , ? n??- 7^rkl?, Dan
; Mr,. V.S. Stroud,
^ ^<1 tf.h " U,},, l">r ffrand
Stives.
^ un ?.i Imb
v ,?W.
TOl
TOMORROW |
(By Frank Parker BtoUbridge)
MYSTICISM . . . ?4,2?L
Tho longer I live, the mow clearly
I realize thai4, mysticism plays an iiu
ixntiuit part in tho lives o i
human bangs. By myaticism, I mean
the belief in ^something which oannot
Proved. MynMcism is the basis oi
all religion. Nobody hus ever proved
or ever will prove that life goee or,
after what we call death; but pratica.
ly all people believe that is true.
The belief in such mystical things
as telepathy or thought transference,
clairvoyance or "second-sight1', the
power of evil thoughts to work injury,
and in fcfiahes and incantations, is
widespread, and is not- necessarily con
lined to ]>erfions of low intelligence. I
know men of great ability who carry
[good-luck" tokens or pocket-pieces,
and worry if they aw mislaid.
There in little doutft that icanv be
liefs wliich cannot be proved are ne\
ertbelrss true. No far, however, the
effort* of seienc title inve4igatorj to
find proof of various kinds of myster
ies have pot nowhere.
TELEPATHY .... confirmed
At Dnke IJnivervi'ya study is beitig
inado of the mystery of telepathy. 80
iivuiy instances have been njRnted of
perseois who could read the unexprw l
ed thoughts of others, (hat many s?ri
ous scientific men foe! that there way j
l)e something n*>re than coincidence in !
such manifestations.
The tests made by Prof. J. B. Rhine.
Duke University psychologist, seem to '
show that trany persons possess a'
"sixth sense'' which enables them to
tell such .things as tho denomination
of a playing-card which another per
son takes from the pack. Six independ
ent investigators have boen studying
the phenomenon, and all report that
there is it. How much there is in it.
and why dome persons seem to have
the gift, nobody is prepared to 3a>.
In England several famous scientists
including the great Oliver Lodge,
havo declared that they have seen
convincing evidence of ,wind-reading
or telepathy. Our own Dr. Alexis Car
rel confirms the beliof iu socord-sight.
But what causes it is still unknown
MAGIO . ,\ . . .. pure trickery
Scientific investigation has proved
J iut moiwt of .tho phenomena we refer
to as magic are puro trickery. We
used to hear fabulous tales about the
magicians of India, who could climb
up a rope which had no support at
the upper end, or lift themselves into
the air without even a rope to support
them. Sharpoyed European observers
with cameras have proved these and
other Oriental magic to be as pure
trie ker}' as the stage shows of theatri
cal "magicians".
The 44magic" feat of walking on
hot coals without getting burned, or
lying on a bed of sharp spikes without
injury haw been duplicated many
times by publio performers, like all
the rest of the Indian "magio".
Nevertheless, the belief peibists I hat
some persons have magical powers ?
which enable them to defy the laws
of Nature. Psychologists say that ?ueb .
beliefs arise from tie sub^onciou* j
realisation by most of us of our owa
inferiority in the unequal struggle
with natural forces. We wish we
could conquer Naturo, and it gratifies
our desire, vicariously, to believe .that
.some one can do it,
SPIRITUALISM ? . . studied
Perhaps tho most widespread phase
of mysticism is tho belief that the
spirits of the dead have power to re
turn from tho spirit world and 00m
raunicafce with or reveal themselves to
the living. Belief in ghosts is ss old
as the human race.
So many of the manifestations pro
duced by spiritualist mediums have
been proved to bo triokery that most
persons are skeptical But in late
years large groups of men and women
of undoubted intelligence have giveu
serious study (to tho psychio phenom
ena of spiritualism, and some have
become convinced that they have re
cieved messages from another world
j The late Conan Doyta: author of the
!44Sherlock Holn.es" stories, was sort
, his son, killed in the war, conversed
with him after death.
Harry Houdini and Howard Thurs
ton, famous stage magi elans, promised
to return or send messages from the
spuit world if that were possible.
Both died some time ago, bat no
message from either has eons through
I , (Please Tu? To Paft 2)
Honor Students At Sylva Central High School
? ^mmmmmi
I ?' !.
MISS EDITH GARRETT j MISS RACHEL BROWN [ MISS ELSIE GEISLER
SALUTATORIAN VOTED PRETTIEST GIRL < VALEDICTORIAN
Class Of Fifty-three Miles Holden Dead Large Vote Seen
finishes Sylva High At Speedwell j in Town Eleciion
The lai^e.jJ class of high sc.V'ix
students over to graduate at o:.? iin:?
in Jackson comity, \v?s hand<\|
diplomas from Syl\*a Central High
School, by Superintended M. B. Mad
ison, at the i-losing oxen-is^ of the
school, Monday evening,
Prof. A. 0. Reynolds, woli-kuown
educator ?t' Western North Cnro):.iic,
delivered the commencement ndd-ess
and congratulated the .school upor
having ki? large a elas.> of gradualcs?
the largest, ho said that, he had scon
in thi* part of the State this year.
Prof. Reynolds was introduced by
P. T. Wafaon, principal of the school.
Medals were presented by Senito,
Mrs. E. L. McKce to Edith Parris nnd
Glenn Puinter, for excellency ii.
athletics, to Elsie Geisler a?d Guy
Knsley,for scholarship, end to Frances
Allison and G|enn Frady, lor eatta
curricula activities.
Members of the class arc: Elva
Ithea, <LewU Green, George McLain,
Ruth Parker, Mary I&nson, Harriett
Holland, Maude Sutton, Hal Se]et?.
Sarah Gass, Harriett Long, Nellie
Matthews, Kate Gross, Virginia Greg
ory, Mildred Sutton, Elsie Geisler,'
Kittie Don i MeGnire, Edith Garrott, |
Maggie Dillard, May Shemll, Gladys'
Maney, Hattic Hilda Sutton, Ruth
Sunrner, Nina Moore, Margaret Jincs j
Grady Galloway, Susie Belle Tatbam,
Clyde Brvson, Brrtinn Moore, Martha
Jam*, Glenn Frady, Olin Ensley.
Edith Parris, Rachel Brown, lennie
Moqro, J, C. Long, Glenn Cook, Ger
leein dogdill, Virginia Coward, Charles
McLaughlin, 3mm Sellers, Isabel
Dillard, Jam*? Gannon , Annie Wild,
Beatrice Stein, Harold Cook. Ruth
Smith, Alpha Smith, Virginia Patim,
Lil]Un Hotsley, and Maybellc Feign
Log 1am.,
r \\ -
Milr.s IloJden, 70, prominent farmer
aud retired merchant of Speedwell
?ended his owu life with a shotgun, at
bin lioituc at .the foot of Cullowhce
Mountain, at 10:30 this morning. Ill
health is believed to be the cause of
31 r. I Jo) deli's rush aef.
Mr. Holden is survived bp Mia
widow, Mrs. Susan liningrJior liol
diM, one daughter, Mrs. Bella Wi'jOB,
of Canton, one son, Iiay, >1 Speed
well, ojMi brother, liobori Hoblen
of Speedwell, one sister, Mrs. Oetfc
Still well, "f Webster, and by a
bev of other relatives and friends.
MECHANIC * * BIDES ALL
Edward K. Johnson, advanaa
for the Mechanier' Atmmrnm Ofc.
returned to Sylva, Sunday eVMifff <
and is purVing everything in rendine.s?
for the rides, which arrive Btmstgf
t'run Murphy. Mr. Johnson empha
sizes tho faet that this s n?>t a
carnival because there arc no
and no concessions. Mtuiy
offered for both adults and children
They include tho Heyday, new thid
season, the Merrv-Go-Round, Ferris
Wheel, Chairplane, The Whip, and
tho Kiddy Ride.
SYLVA BOY GETS HIGH HONOB
Claude Hen son of Sylva has beer
given the highest degree in tiie Alpha
llhi Sigiea honorary fiaternty at
Western Carolina Teachers College.
Membership in this frat**vnily i?
limited to student? maiutoMuirj a
high scholastic rating.
Mi; Hen-iiti, who is r. s^n ?"f Mis.
W. I.. Benson, ia a tucrnhn- of :V
: x. piiss.
, A Javgu number of i;cw registrations
iuidicaites a great ileal of interest i*i
the biennial town election Cor Svlva
| to bt held next Tuesday, May 4.
I Gibson, democrat, and Hugh E.
Mnftt-eith, republican, are opposing eall
didates for mayor.
Ou the democratic ticket, hoadod b\
Mr. ftibson, arc the following- five
candidates for aldermen: W. J. Fish
er, W. T. Wise, Rayirond Glenn
Harry L. Evans, ?nd W. H. Conley..
The republican ticket is: Mayor, II.
B. IConteitli; Aldermen, Dr. W. l'
MeGoire, W D. Warren, R. E. Dills,
ond C. W. Hensley.
The polls open at sunrise, Tuesdav
morning, and close at sunset.
BHD HAKES SALES RECORD
i J. T. Bird, of JouIPs Motor Sak*
Inc., made the highest ivcord of an>
Ford galesnjui in this district, for tin
period ending April 10. Ile ranked
ftrst in sales of new ears and trucks,
??d aeeond in sales of used cars, ac
cording to figures released by the
Itad Motor Company.
includes Hickory and
all 'territory in North Carolina wea'
of Hickory. In it arc A she vi lie, Mor
gtfUoti, tad other towns larger thar
Sytva.
balsam
(By Mrs, D. T. Knight) <
L Wood of Canton visited her
?liter Mm A. CL Bryson last wwk.
Mioo Moon and Mi^s Ragland of
Atlanta ?pent het week-end in Misp
Meant mar oottage here.
A huge nab?r of Balsairites
t?iided the odnoi eonunemcements ir.
(Ptaan Tam To Page 2)
-by A. B. Chapin
congress At Odds
with hoosevelt
Washington, April 27,?A
tiou <? tieveioj^ng Jm* wninkr It
dome observe^ seems to W
to a parallel with the wtaatwpf
existed in the Wilson and
aonnnktrationa. In the last two
years of his second term Mr. Wilson
nad ,i definitely hostile Congr?I
atanding between him and his plans,
and for three of Mr. Hoover's ?eur
years, he had no influence with the
majority in Congress.
For the past four years Mb
Koosevclt had had Congress eating
jut of his hand. It would be patting
it too strongly to say that he cannot
s'ill force Congress to do what he
wants to have done, if he is willing
to put on the njecessary prepare.
But it is fair to say that nsistatce
to pxte&supe 'is increasing in both
houses of Congress, and among mem
bers of the President's own party.
It can no longer be safely predieted
that whatever the President wants
Congress will give it to him.
This situation lis mainly of the
President's own creation. It arisen
from two definite circumstances. Ono
is the honest and sincere opposition
to las pro)K>sal for packing the Su
preme Court. That opposition is in*
encasing in strength in both Senate
and House. It has been strengthened
by the demomat<ration furnished by
the Court itself, in its decisions on
the Labor Relations Act, that th$
justices arc abreast of the times and
fully aware of changing conditions
The other circumstance wliich ha<?
weakened the President's authority
over Congress is the growing rewent
mient felt by influential Senators and
House leaders at the readiness with
which, as they believe, the President
continues to listen to and be guided
by counselors who are regarded on
C^>itol Hill as theorists rathe/ than
practical politicians. On these ad
visers rat bar than the President
himself, his friends in Cong-to*
place the responsibility lor the fail
ure of the undistributed profits tax
law, enacted last summer, to yield
the revenue expected. Government
incoue for the fiscal year is short
nearly five hundred million dollars
of the estimates. That makes the
national financial situation even
more cloudy and uncertain than it
was before,
The President's latest necoi.i
mendations for economy, if adoptee
would cut the expenses of gover.t
mont by about half of thia year'*
deficit. But unless government oor
rowing is to continue on a huge
scale, reounse must be had to much
broader and heavier taxes and far
greater curtailment oi spending. Jn
any event, all hope seems to have
been lost of bringing the budget in
to balance before the fiscal year 1939
Continued increase in the national
debt by borrowing money for cur
rent expenditures is feared because
?|t is regarded as the certain road to
fifnflation, with runaway prices tor
sorts of commodities. Increased
^taxation is feared because of politi
cal unpopularity. It is realized by
most members of Congress that the
accumulations of wealth cannot
stand much more taxation and kei p
[on doing business, but they lear
their constituents do not realize that,
?nd would resent any new kinds of
taxes which appeared to put the bur
fen on the poor. And they fear ?
reduction of expenditures /or relief
for the saflio political reason.
Th<* indications now are that the
relief appropriations for next year
will be at the rate of two billion
dollars or more. Their necessity in
being sharply chaBeneed, not only by
the Administration's avowed oppo
nents, but by many of fc frinads^
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
has revived the denund
for an actoal count of the ef
unemployed persona, hi a letter to
'be Secretary of Labor, in which he
contended that the number of unem
ployed is actually under three mil
lion*, irstead of the eight ^vlP^ri
or more which the Labor DepazJtaMAt
eetimntes.
M?s Perkins, Secretary of iifor,.
took the lead in eqplarfsg $e wfcain
Labor situation, in the Hght of the
validation *)f (the AAd^U&W&nV
Labor* legislation by the Suprejpp
Court, when ehe called a cuuftrtm?
of Labor leaders, ifrdngfaulirtj H4
others to diseasa the nekt rte)n \m
be taken and their practicability..
Not necessarily as the
iw. a
the - Wid^-W jwta
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